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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Ken Fukuba, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Ken Fukuba, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/005 (2013.01); G06K 7/10732 (2013.01); G06K 7/10811 (2013.01); G02B 3/14 (2013.01); G06K 7/10861 (2013.01);
Abstract
A decoderof a code scannermeasures a distance to a baggagebased on a reflection light by the baggageof a laser lightoutputted by a laser light generator, which is detected by a CMOS image sensor, adjusts focus of a focus lensand irradiation light amount of illumination by a pulse LEDat image pickup based on the measured distance, analyzes the image including a code symbolon the baggagewhose image is picked up under conditions after the adjustments, and decodes information indicated by the code symbol.